Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.27 EPS

Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The basic materials company reported $2.86 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.13 by ($0.27), Zacks reports. Air Products and Chemicals had a net margin of 31.64% and a return on equity of 16.34%. Air Products and Chemicals updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 2.750-2.850 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 12.700-13.000 EPS.

Air Products and Chemicals Price Performance

Shares of APD opened at $310.66 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $69.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.08, a PEG ratio of 3.55 and a beta of 0.85. Air Products and Chemicals has a fifty-two week low of $213.80 and a fifty-two week high of $341.14. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $309.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $301.29.

Air Products and Chemicals Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be paid a $1.79 dividend. This is a positive change from Air Products and Chemicals’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.77. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 1st. This represents a $7.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.30%. Air Products and Chemicals’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 41.21%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on APD. Sanford C. Bernstein raised Air Products and Chemicals from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $375.00 target price for the company in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Bank of America cut shares of Air Products and Chemicals from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $350.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Redburn Atlantic upgraded shares of Air Products and Chemicals from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $330.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, October 25th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Air Products and Chemicals from $350.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, StockNews.com cut Air Products and Chemicals from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Air Products and Chemicals currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $339.94.

About Air Products and Chemicals

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, equipment, and related services in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, India, and internationally. The company produces atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and syngas; and specialty gases for customers in various industries, including refining, chemical, manufacturing, electronics, energy production, medical, food, and metals.